Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen (Likud) has insisted that it is vital to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the state prosecution service, despite the likelihood that taking this step is likely to cause the coalition to collapse.
"Restoring public confidence is a basic necessity in a democracy," he told Galei Tzahal today. "I would like to ask Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn [Blue & White] what he is objecting to so strongly, if things are as he says and any inquiry will find nothing wrong."